Bowling game



Sept. 14, 1943. v C, ENGSTROM, 2,329,344

BOWLING GAME 'Filed nec. 9, 1941 fr a @j 17..

f4 6 W L@ 15. FOUL LINE' Jv 73a .-75 I f7 32 33 ATTORNEYS Patented Sept. 14, A

-Thisinvention relates: generally tolga-mes and gamedevlcesi It. is'. al'primar'y :object of f my. inventionto :pro`

vdea simple portable device for' playing? ai sim-y ulated tenpin bowling game. In .this .conn'ection,`

itis anobject topro'vide a gamje board providing;y

pins` down.- ,-z' 4 .Y

It is a particular Voliject of. my invention to provide a vsimple effectivemeans forman-ually simul- A l L'qs l n. ,V y mpuation December 9, isiiiseriamo. 422,210.1;

dcatedbyglriumeralr board'"its/elf may heicdnstructed'inany suitablemanner, howk ever, l L the. one illustrated a boundary: frame consistingoffthe 4tour raiis itihaving im i ternal: channels'` orf grooves lGIto accommodatev l andmcumxtneflatpiatetiiireboard or panel u.

It is a featureof"myinvention lthat 1a: ptnV strikingV element bef provided' in? such a lmarmer object/of havingv it knock'downtherpingon'its;

taneously, setting `all of the pins in theirproperf n placeon the, game board surface after `they haveV been knocked down by the .striking element'. i In` which is particularly designed for` use as a small game indoors or the like, I contemp1atethat in its general aspects the invention is suitable for use on a larger scale and it is therefore an object of my invention to provide suitable apparatus for playing a' simulated bowling gaine withstandard or large size tenpins together with means for manually resetting the pins `in an easy manner.

These and other objects will be apparent from returnr swing.,v JI-n fordert tozaocomplish^this,g if

vided extending abovethefsurface l2. z-:LIfhisxframi isishownasatripodand comprises threcupwardaj l lyeextending rods Il! whichfarel removably ed Within holes 20 inthe rails I5 of the game I At their upper ends the rods are vre- .y movablymounted in a block 22 whichsupports a y *f flexible line 23. A strikingelement'u is mounted board.

at the lower endv -of the line;y theline being of 'strikingelement preferably also normally hangs the drawing and the following description thereof. Referring to the drawing; I Fig. 1 is aperspective viewof a embodying a preferred form of my invention; n

Fig. 2 is atop plan view ofthe game boardy game device y and objects thereon, the pin striking element vsuspension means being, shown in section;

Fig.`3 is a fragmentary plan View of the bottom of the board of Fig.`2;`

Fig. 4 isa fragmentary enlarged cross on the plane indicated byline 4-4 ofFig. 2; Fig. 5 is a fragmentary enlarged cross'sectional section view of .the pull member, the plane being on line 5-5of Fig. 2; and y n Fig. 6 is an enlarged central sectionalelevation Lof the pull'member and adjacentiportion of theY game board, the plane of the section Vbeing indiany suitable surface such as a table or the like.

This member provides a flat surface I2 for supy porting a plurality of playingpins or tenpins inina position slightly to one side of the leadingk pin. The striking element 24 is spherical andmay 'a desirable substance.A In playing the game,

y be formed of any suitable materiaL rubber being 3o;

` striking element 241'and moves it to a position n behind the -foul line shown inFig.v 2` where he the player grasps the releases it with theObjeCtofhaVing it swinglpast the playing pins without `touching them .on its `iirstor'forward `swingf'and having it hit them and knockdown as many as possibley on itsreturn swing, Any suitable rules maybe `provided Vdown are reset. lIt isa particular feature of my n invention to provide means whereby the resetting of the 'pins can bev quickly and `easily raci .complished. For this purpose apull member 26.

is provided near one marginl of the game board. This pull is located within a` slot 21' in the panel i1 and has .a top portion 28 lextending above the board where itcan easily be grasped by the fingers of an operatori A `portion 29 is slidablyf i received in the sloty 21Iwhile the bottom' portion A3l) is disposed beneatlithe board I1. In order to operate the pins forresetting, each pinris provided with a cord or line 32 which is securely'mounted in'the lower end-of the pin l in any suitable manner. The .,panelvl is provided `with a 'plurality of guide holes 33 lwhich are locatedin predetermined positions where it is desired to have thepins stand. These guide n holes lreceive the lines 32 extending from the individual playing pins. The lines 32 are attached tothe bottomportion 30 of the pull 26 and are' the individual pins to which they extend so that of `such `a length'k with respect to the pull'and the individual pins that movement of the pull 26 toward' the edge of the game board serves to erect or set the pins in place over their `respective guide holes.V

I preferably provide lan elastic means aty some 5 point between the individual pins and the pull member and in the form of the invention shown this means comprises a sheet of rubber 35 which i is clamped to the pull by a plate 36 and screw 3T, the latter serving to hold the parts of` the?v pull together. The individual lines 32 leading to the pins may be attached t`o` this sheetin any" suitable manner,lhowever,"one way of doingyithis isf-tol provide'asingle line 32 foreach pair;v ofL l yplaying pins and@ mount the ,ends of the line inl the' respectiveapins -and have theiintermediatev `portion of the linefreceved in a,f pair of'f-pen-'f` ings 39 and 40 VinV the rubber sheet. clearly illustrated in Fig. 6. l

`vvWith the provision of an elastic means at 'some point between the pull 26wand individualpins the life or wear'of the individualxlinesjis great@v lyfin'creased.;` At the same time such means actsi as aucompensating means to take care of' any irregularityin the length of thevlines.` Thus, by using the elastic compensatingfelement vitis This is most unnecessaryto provide lines32.whichare. accu,

ratefin length with respect to 'each otherfandy they will be simultaneously tautened when the pull is moved away from the pins. It is'rcontemplated of course that some other elastic means x might be utilized as for'example anrindividual coilv spring might be provided in each line or be# tween eachline and the pull member. f

With the construction shown` and described K movement .ofthe pull 26 away fromthe pins i serves yto simultaneouslykset theplns inproper position over the respective guide'holes," making a convenient and easily operable devicev for re-k setting the pins during the playing ofthe game,

Although the invention khas been particularly f shown and described yit is vcontemplated that various changes and modications `'can be made vwithout departing from the scope of the invent, H tion and it is intended to cover suchvchanges and modifications as come vwithin the claim. l

'I claim as my invention: y l VIn a gamedevice, a game boardhavingiaplaytendingl beneathL said surface,` and -aV lineconnecting .each pairof pins with said elastic'm'ember, g each line having its endsattached "to the respec-.

tive pins kand anintermediate portion 'attached to said flexible fmember.

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